[This post is part of our Designing Hardware for HD series. Be sure to check it out!] [When we started off developing our SCOPIA VC240, Shimon Nurick, VP Technology BD and System Architect at RADVISION and a colleague of mine, was nagging me daily on the need to have a good remote control. This secured his position as the "chief designer" of the remote control we have today. Here's his view of what a remote control for video communications needs
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By guest | June 15th, 2010 | Filed under HD VoIP
Last month I’ve stated that I don’t see visual communications done in software anytime soon. But then the question is when – when WILL visual communications be prominent in software solutions? I’d like to risk it and come up with an answer that is a bit counterintuitive even to me: never. Software is never going to be the path to go with visual communications. And why is that? Because as we get closer to a point in time, when the
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | February 4th, 2010 | Filed under Technology
In the past few months, a call for HD Voice to replace our dusty old phone systems has initiated. It originated by Jeff Pulver and has been gaining momentum with the creation of the HD Connect project. Jeff Pulver explains about HD Communications Summit While I am a strong supporter of HD Voice, a post on the HD Connect blog has struck me as a bit odd – Doug Mohney suggested the coupling of HD Voice with IPv6: Since
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | September 10th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
Video conferencing has been around for a long time – I should know, working at RADVISION for over a decade. It had been fun times, with lots of development and features being added. Then came HD – be it HD video or voice, increasing the quality (and experience) of a call dramatically. And then what? The hard truth is that for the last couple of years there is no real innovation in the video conferencing industry. Yeah, we talk about moving from 720p to 1080p, moving from 30 frames per second to 60 frames per second, adding another camera, adding more screens. But really – who cares? We’re marketing and selling the same solution we did years ago. It’s a bit faster, maybe a bit better, but that’s all. The margins companies make on video conferencing endpoints are diminishing yearly. The way to keep the pricing today Is to increase the video resolution. But there’s just so much you can charge for more resolution – we’ve already reached the point where it makes no sense to invest further. The open question to our industry is: what’s next? What will be the next innovation that will drive our niche and maybe, just maybe, bring it to the critical mass I’ve been told exist just around the corner.
By Tsahi Levent-Levi | September 7th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
I think we’re coming to an end to the “resolution wars” in visual communications. While Sagee might state that in our business there is “no such thing as enough…”, when it comes to resolution and frame rate, I’d say that we’re done for now- time to move on and focus on other issues. A brief review of the recent history of video telephony Once upon a time, we (as an industry) had video conferencing. It was based on the (in)famous
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | July 27th, 2009 | Filed under Clients
Tomorrow, July 16th at 10 AM EDT, we’ll be hosting a free webinar on HD video communication solutions for developers. This webinar is the first of a series of 3 webinars titled “SIP-IMS – from client through infrastructure to beyond telecomm.” We will then host a webinar on October 21st titled “Comprehensive IMS solutions from client to infrastructure.” The third webinar will be on November 18th and it will discuss usage of SIP for non-telecom applications – “SIP beyond telecomm.” Amit Lavi, our Product Manager for HD solutions, will be the main speaker on this webinar accompanied by Amir Zmora, out VP of Marketing and moderated by the one and only Carl Ford from CrossFire Media. Amit and Amir will be sharing their views on the development of HD visual communication devices. If you are planning on adding video calling to your products, or if you are unsure of where you should start, this webinar will help assuage your fears and identify common issues that might be holding you back. The 1 hour webinar will conclude with an open Q&A with the team. If you’d like to attend, registration for the webinar is needed. Hope to see you there!
By Tsahi Levent-Levi | July 15th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized
[On his last post here, Amir Zmora promised to get back from InfoComm with insights from the show and share with us feedback from the launch of the SCOPIA VC240. Well, he is back.] InfoComm is over and as promised I’m getting back with some insights from the show and with an answer to the question I’ve asked on my previous post: Is SCOPIA VC240 going to be a game changer? Tsahi already provided his answer about this here. Striving
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By guest | June 25th, 2009 | Filed under Clients
This week, we announce the joint project of RADVISION and Samsung, who together, created a “desktop video conferencing solution that will revolutionize the high definition desktop video market.” I will not ponder on what exactly this solution does – as Amir Zmora already did that for me, talking about the Samsung VC240 . I will also refrain from telling you all about how proud I am to be part of the team that worked on this cutting-edge project. Instead, I
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | June 18th, 2009 | Filed under Clients
[Amir Zmora is now on his way to InfoComm and is as excited as I am about the announcement of the new HD Video Conferencing Desktop Solution, which was a RADVISION and Samsung joint project. He wanted to share his enthusiasm with you and he is waiting to hear your feedback about this new and innovative project.] As I’m getting ready for the long flight from Israel to Orlando, I’m all excited about the announcement of the joint project between
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By guest | June 15th, 2009 | Filed under Clients
[Amir Zmora, our VP marketing, went to VoiceCon 2009, and all I got was this guest post... his first guest post can be found here.] VoiceCon Orlando was held last week, and for me it was the first time attending the event. Weather in Orlando at this time of the year is great, and the venue was very nice – you just had to keep your feet away from those alligators wandering around in the resort’s water streams. If
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By guest | April 6th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
